Renal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis

A 2026 review of renal involvement in systemic sclerosis — a spectrum well beyond scleroderma renal crisis (SRC), covering the diagnostic constellation, five converging mechanisms, risk factors (anti-RNA polymerase III, early dcSSc, steroids), and the management essentials: immediate ACE inhibition, never stopped for a rising creatinine.

June 24, 2026 · 7 min

Pathogenesis-Directed Lupus Therapeutics

A 2026 review of pathogenesis-directed SLE therapeutics anchored to the 2025 ACR SLE and 2024 ACR lupus nephritis guidelines — the FDA-approved and off-label drugs by mechanism, indication and monitoring, plus the metabolic/mitochondrial, IL-1, cardiometabolic and non-pharmacological strategies, mapped by organ manifestation.

June 21, 2026 · 8 min

IL-5, Eosinophils, and IL-5 Pathway Inhibitors in EGPA

A 2026 narrative review of the IL-5/eosinophil axis in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) and the two approved IL-5 pathway inhibitors — mepolizumab and benralizumab — covering their mechanisms, MIRRA and MANDARA trial evidence, real-world data, guideline positioning, and the remaining unmet needs.

June 9, 2026 · 6 min

Telitacicept for IgA Nephropathy — Interim Analysis of a Phase 3 Trial

In the TELIGAN phase 3 trial, telitacicept — a dual BAFF/APRIL inhibitor already approved for SLE — reduced 24-hour proteinuria by 55% relative to placebo at 39 weeks in adults with IgA nephropathy, with eGFR remaining stable on treatment while declining on placebo.

May 24, 2026 · 6 min

Germinal-Centre and Extrafollicular B Cell Pathways in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

This 2026 Nature Reviews Rheumatology paper reframes SLE autoantibody production by contrasting the germinal-centre and extrafollicular B cell pathways — their distinct kinetics, affinity profiles, T cell dependence, and therapeutic vulnerabilities — showing that the inflammatory niche, not intrinsic autoreactivity, determines pathogenic B cell fate.

May 21, 2026 · 8 min